aptitude
Example Sentences
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"I believe that we have a talented and committed group who have the aptitude and drive to bring success to Ireland over the coming weeks," said Farrell.
From BBC
Throughout his 20s he worked in jazz clubs, eventually opening a Tokyo bar and coffee shop despite lacking “the slightest aptitude for running a business.”
The continent’s economic power, Germany, is building a database of young people, cataloging their fitness and aptitude to help it pick whom to draft should the country be attacked.
The old have a clearer view of the inevitability of destruction and a willingness—though no real aptitude—to contemplate what might succeed it.
The process would create a database of military-age Germans that details their physical and mental health, their skills and aptitudes, and their willingness to serve.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
